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Do you need a visa for Kazakhstan?

Citizens of 85 countries enter Kazakhstan without a visa. Citizens of 96 more can get an eVisa, and 17 must apply at an embassy in advance.

Visa-free
85
eVisa
96
Visa required
17
  • Visa-free85
  • eVisa96
  • Visa required17

Updated 26.10.2026 from Wikipedia and official sources — they are listed at the bottom of the page. Rules change: confirm them with the embassy or your airline before you travel.

What changed

  • from 01.07.2027

    Kyrgyzstan: Visa-free, 90 days in any 180 → Electronic travel authorisation (ETA), 90 days in any 180

    Kazakhstan is introducing an electronic travel authorisation (eTA) for citizens of visa-free countries, the EAEU included. Border checks phase in from 1 November 2026; from 1 July 2027 travellers without one will be refused entry. It is free, and allowed stays stay the same.

  • from 01.07.2027

    Uzbekistan: Visa-free, 30 days · at most 90 in 180 → Electronic travel authorisation (ETA), 30 days · at most 90 in 180

    Kazakhstan is introducing an electronic travel authorisation (eTA) for citizens of visa-free countries, the EAEU included. Border checks phase in from 1 November 2026; from 1 July 2027 travellers without one will be refused entry. It is free, and allowed stays stay the same.

  • from 01.07.2027

    Tajikistan: Visa-free, 90 days → Electronic travel authorisation (ETA), 90 days

    Kazakhstan is introducing an electronic travel authorisation (eTA) for citizens of visa-free countries, the EAEU included. Border checks phase in from 1 November 2026; from 1 July 2027 travellers without one will be refused entry. It is free, and allowed stays stay the same.

Visa-free85

CitizenshipStay
Albania90 days in any 365
Andorra90 days in any 365
Argentina30 days in any 365
Armenia90 days in any 180
Australia30 days · at most 90 in 180
Austria30 days · at most 90 in 180
Azerbaijan30 days
Bahrain30 days · at most 90 in 180
Belarus90 days in any 180
Belgium30 days · at most 90 in 180
Brazil30 days
Bulgaria30 days · at most 90 in 180
Canada30 days · at most 90 in 180
Chile30 days · at most 90 in 180
China30 days · at most 90 in 180
Colombia30 days · at most 90 in 180
Croatia30 days · at most 90 in 180
Cyprus30 days · at most 90 in 180
Czechia30 days · at most 90 in 180
Denmark30 days · at most 90 in 180
Ecuador30 days
Estonia30 days · at most 90 in 180
Finland30 days · at most 90 in 180
France30 days · at most 90 in 180
Georgia90 days
Germany30 days · at most 90 in 180
Greece30 days · at most 90 in 180
Hong Kong SAR China14 days
Hungary30 days · at most 90 in 180
Iceland30 days · at most 90 in 180
India14 days · at most 42 in 180
Indonesia30 days · at most 90 in 180
Iran14 days · at most 42 in 180
Ireland30 days · at most 90 in 180
Israel30 days · at most 90 in 180
Italy30 days · at most 90 in 180
Japan30 days · at most 90 in 180
Kuwait30 days · at most 90 in 180
Kyrgyzstan90 days in any 180

An ID card is enough. Staying over 30 days requires registration.

From 01.07.2027: Electronic travel authorisation (ETA), 90 days in any 180

✓ Checked 26.10.2026 · Правила въезда и пребывания иммигрантов в Республике Казахстан (постановление Правительства № 148)

Latvia30 days · at most 90 in 180
Liechtenstein30 days · at most 90 in 180
Lithuania30 days · at most 90 in 180
Luxembourg30 days · at most 90 in 180
Macao SAR China14 days
Malaysia30 days · at most 90 in 180
Maldives30 days
Malta30 days · at most 90 in 180
Mexico30 days · at most 90 in 180
Moldova90 days
Monaco30 days · at most 90 in 180
Mongolia90 days
Morocco30 days in any 180
Netherlands30 days · at most 90 in 180
New Zealand30 days · at most 90 in 180
Nicaragua30 days in any 180
Norway30 days · at most 90 in 180
Oman30 days · at most 90 in 180
Philippines30 days · at most 90 in 180
Poland30 days · at most 90 in 180
Portugal30 days · at most 90 in 180
Qatar30 days · at most 90 in 180
Romania30 days · at most 90 in 180
Russia90 days in any 180
San Marino30 days · at most 90 in 180
Saudi Arabia30 days · at most 90 in 180
Serbia30 days
Seychelles30 days · at most 90 in 180
Singapore30 days · at most 90 in 180
Slovakia30 days · at most 90 in 180
Slovenia30 days · at most 90 in 180
South Korea30 days · at most 60 in 180
Spain30 days · at most 90 in 180
St. Kitts & Nevis90 days in any 365
Sweden30 days · at most 90 in 180
Switzerland30 days · at most 90 in 180
Tajikistan90 days

Staying over 30 days requires registration, for up to 90 days from entry. A passport is needed.

From 01.07.2027: Electronic travel authorisation (ETA), 90 days

✓ Checked 26.10.2026 · Соглашение Казахстан — Таджикистан о порядке пребывания граждан от 14.03.2018

Thailand30 days · at most 90 in 180
Türkiye90 days in any 180
Ukraine90 days in any 180
United Arab Emirates30 days
United Kingdom30 days · at most 90 in 180
United States30 days · at most 90 in 180
Uzbekistan30 days · at most 90 in 180

No registration needed. A passport is required; an ID card is not enough.

From 01.07.2027: Electronic travel authorisation (ETA), 30 days · at most 90 in 180

✓ Checked 26.10.2026 · Протокол Узбекистан — Казахстан об условиях взаимных поездок граждан от 22.12.2022

Vatican City30 days · at most 90 in 180
Vietnam30 days

eVisa96

CitizenshipStay
Algeria30 days
Angola30 days
Antigua & Barbuda30 days
Bahamas30 days
Bangladesh30 days
Barbados30 days
Belize30 days
Benin30 days
Bhutan30 days
Bolivia30 days
Bosnia & Herzegovina30 days
Botswana30 days
Brunei30 days
Burkina Faso30 days
Burundi30 days
Cambodia30 days
Cameroon30 days
Central African Republic30 days
Chad30 days
Comoros30 days
Congo - Brazzaville30 days
Costa Rica30 days
Côte d’Ivoire30 days
Cuba30 days
Djibouti30 days
Dominica30 days
Dominican Republic30 days
Egypt30 days
El Salvador30 days
Eritrea30 days
Eswatini30 days
Ethiopia30 days
Fiji30 days
Gabon30 days
Gambia30 days
Ghana30 days
Grenada30 days
Guatemala30 days
Guinea30 days
Guinea-Bissau30 days
Guyana30 days
Haiti30 days
Honduras30 days
Jamaica30 days
Kenya30 days
Kiribati30 days
Kosovo30 days
Laos30 days
Lebanon30 days
Lesotho30 days
Liberia30 days
Madagascar30 days
Malawi30 days
Mali30 days
Marshall Islands30 days
Mauritania30 days
Mauritius30 days
Micronesia30 days
Montenegro30 days
Mozambique30 days
Myanmar (Burma)30 days
Namibia30 days
Nauru30 days
Nepal30 days
Niger30 days
Nigeria30 days
North Korea30 days
North Macedonia30 days
Palau30 days
Panama30 days
Papua New Guinea30 days
Paraguay30 days
Peru30 days
Rwanda30 days
Samoa30 days
São Tomé & Príncipe30 days
Senegal30 days
Sierra Leone30 days
South Africa30 days
Sri Lanka30 days
St. Lucia30 days
St. Vincent & Grenadines30 days
Suriname30 days
Tanzania30 days
Togo30 days
Tonga30 days
Trinidad & Tobago30 days
Tunisia30 days
Turkmenistan30 days
Tuvalu30 days
Uganda30 days
Uruguay30 days
Vanuatu30 days
Venezuela30 days
Zambia30 days
Zimbabwe30 days

Visa required17

  • Afghanistan
  • Cape Verde
  • Congo - Kinshasa
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Libya
  • Pakistan
  • Palestinian Territories
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Timor-Leste
  • Yemen

How we count

We count 199 countries: the 193 UN members plus the Vatican, Palestine, Taiwan, Kosovo, Hong Kong and Macao. “Visa-free or on arrival” means visa-free, visa on arrival or an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) — the way passport indexes count. An eVisa has to be obtained online before the trip, so we count it separately.

The data updates itself every week. We take the revisions of the Wikipedia articles that have stood unedited for three days and compare them with the Henley Passport Index, which is built on IATA’s database — the one airlines check travel documents against. Entry to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan’s e-Visa come straight from their foreign ministries’ sites. If many countries change at once, the update stops until an editor has looked.

Sources

  1. Правила въезда и пребывания иммигрантов в Республике Казахстан (постановление Правительства № 148) · official · checked 26.10.2026
  2. Протокол Узбекистан — Казахстан об условиях взаимных поездок граждан от 22.12.2022 · official · revision of 22.12.2022 · checked 26.10.2026
  3. Соглашение Казахстан — Таджикистан о порядке пребывания граждан от 14.03.2018 · official · revision of 14.03.2018 · checked 26.10.2026
  4. Henley Passport Index · reference · updated 26.10.2026
  5. Wikipedia — Visa policy of Kazakhstan · reference · revision of 26.09.2026 · updated 26.10.2026

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